Lenny`s Freedom Concert

In case you missed Leonard Bernstein`s internationally televised performance of Beethoven`s Ninth Symphony in East Berlin on Christmas Day, it will be released as a recording early in March.

Bernstein conducted the Ninth on both sides of the Berlin Wall, the West Berlin performance taking place two days before Christmas.

The East Berlin version of the ``Celebration of Human Freedom`` concert will be released on Deutsche Grammophon, but with a twist: Bernstein and all the musicians who performed with him ``have agreed to forgo all income from copies of this recording`` sold in East Germany, reports DG, in order ``to make the East German mark price realistic for music-lovers`` in East Germany.

As for the performance itself, Bernstein says: ``If ever there was a historic time to take an academic risk in the name of human joy, this is it, and I am sure we have Beethoven`s blessing.``

French honor Jessye Norman

Diva Jessye Norman has been awarded the French Legion of Honor.

In presenting the award, the French Consul General said that France has long admired Norman`s ``immense talent``; he added that Norman, in turn, holds a ``deep respect and friendship`` for France.

Coming soon to Edinburgh

Details are coming in for the 1990 Edinburgh International Festival, which will run Aug. 12 through Sept. 2: